Merry Christmas, Curious George [Hardcover]

H. A. Rey (Author), Cathy Hapka (Author), Mary O'Keefe Young (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Curious George

It’s Christmastime! And irrepressible, excitable Curious George has just the spirit for it. He can’t wait to help his best friend, The Man with the Yellow Hat, pick out their holiday tree. At the tree farm, however, amid all the excitement of finding the perfect specimen, George gets carried away, as usual—atop his favorite tree! Hiding in the tree’s branches, George finds himself delivered to the local children’s hospital, where his tree trimming antics cheer the children and he gets to meet a jolly man in a bright red suit.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1–Curious George goes Christmas tree shopping with the man in the yellow hat, and climbs into a tree that gets delivered to a children's hospital. Although lost, the little monkey makes the best of the situation by decorating the boughs with such items as gauze, X-rays, and crutches and by changing the name tags on all the presents. All ends well as the young patients are entertained and the man with the yellow hat arrives to collect his companion. The text is stilted, and both the plot and illustrations owe a great deal to Margret and H. A. Rey's Curious George Goes to the Hospital (Houghton, 1966). Still, the illustrations capture the look, if not the flavor and charm, of the originals, and so this book will likely be popular with young Curious George fans.–Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
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Review

Children who love Curious George will like this latest adventure, and the story is shorter and more accessible than some of the longer original entries in the series.
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HMH Books; None edition (October 9, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618692371
• ISBN-13: 978-0618692378
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Merry Christmas, Curious George, December 21, 2008

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Marco Deppe (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merry Christmas, Curious George (Hardcover)

Length:: 6:17 Mins

My son (almost 3) loves this book and we have to read it almost every night before bed, since I got it around Thanksgiving. :)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Consistent with the original Curious George series, January 9, 2007

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C McRae (Taunton, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Merry Christmas, Curious George (Hardcover)

Excellent book. My 6 & 7 year olds are still Curious George fans and both enjoyed this book. Even though the book is not written by H.A. and Margret Rey, it is certainly consistent with their original series in the innocent mischief of this friendly monkey at a hospital at Christmas time.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Curious George does it again, December 7, 2006

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Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Merry Christmas, Curious George (Hardcover)

(Illustrations by Mary O'Keefe Young done in the style of H.A. Rey)

Curious George is pure "Curious" in this Christmas gift to children.

As usual his curiosity gets him into situations that make children laugh. First he and his friend in the yellow hat went to a Christmas tree far to select their special tree. Of course George could not stop being curious, jumping from to tree, finally to the tallest tree.

When men come to cut down this tree, George is hiding in the tallest branches and cannot escape so he is taken along with the tree to a children's ward at a hospital.

George livened up these sick children's lives, making them smile and even laugh as they decorated the tree. Of course, he drove the staff a little crazy with his antics.

Mischievous Curious George was brought to lift more than 60 years ago by Margret and H.A. Rey. Think how many generations of children he has entertained. Are you one of them?

Armchair Interviews says: Curious George has done it again!